This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Reports introduced.
(Washington: Bob Kur) The latest allegations against tobacco companies that they lied about the addictiveness of nicotine outlined. [Representative Harry WAXMAN, Philip Morris president William CAMPBELL - comment.] Statements from Philip Morris scientists turned whistle-blowers Ian Uydess and William Farone outlined. [Congressman Martin MEEHAN - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) An interview with Mississippi attorney general and tobacco critic Mike Moore featured. [MOORE - says all the top Philip Morris executives knew that nicotine is addictive; comments on the fight against tobacco companies.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The guilty verdict for John Salvi in the 1994 Brookline, Massachusetts, abortion clinic murders reported; scenes shown from the courtroom. [Victim's mother Ruth Ann NICHOLS, victim's brother Liam LOWNEY, victim's fiance David KEENE - speak in court.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Problems with the 911 emergency system due to the overwhelming number of calls from cellular phones featured. [California Highway Patrol Karen DOUGLAS, dispatcher Yoshi McNEALY, freelance journalist Mike YAFFE - comment on the problems associated with the 911 overload.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The return of residents to their homes in Weyauwega, WI, after the last of the propane had been burned away in the derailed train's tank cars shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) The use of umbilical cord blood in bone marrow transplants examined; hospital scenes shown. [Mt. Sinai medical center Dr. Steven FRUCHTMAN, Duke University medical center Dr. Joanne KURTZBERG, mother Jodie KAMMERZELL, Boston Children's Hospital Barbara BAYER, parents John and Michelle RYAN - comment on the use of the fluid for bone marrow transplants.] Experimental program by the National Insts. of Health to store the infant blood noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The funerals for the sixteen children slaughtered by a crazed gunman last Wednesday in Dunblane, Scotland, outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A fire at a crowded discotheque in Quezon City, Philippines, outlined; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The scrubbing today of China's continuous missile tests over the Taiwan Strait due to bad weather reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The United States Post Office's naming of this week as national card and letter writing week to encourage Americans to send letters noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A message in a bottle that was tossed into the ocean near Bognor Regis, England, three years ago and arrived in Geraldton, Australia, reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Afton, Wyoming: Roger O'Neil) The local high school symphony in Afton, Wyoming, featured. [Music director David RUTHERFORD, lead violinist Amy MOSSER - comment on the new recognition they received upon playing the local movie house.]
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